TUTORS

Here at Real Sound Studios young people can expect to learn from professionals working at the heart of the music industry. Our tutors are experienced musicians, DJs and music producers with a broad range of music making, youth work and teaching skills.

Josh

Josh Tucker (aka Jawa) is a music producer, sound engineer and one third of legendary Bristol DJ collective We Don't Play.

Josh is an experienced music leader and youth worker with over 10 years experience of working with young people from diverse and challenging backgrounds. He has worked with Remix, Kingswood Foundation, Ashfield Young Offenders HMP, Connexions West of England and Bristol’s award-winning Basement Studio.

Josh is the founder and managing director of Real Sound Studios having set up the company in 2010.

As well playing regularly at music festivals (Glastonbury, The Big Chill, Electric Picnic), Josh has tracks on release with Surgery Records UK and Dead Famous Records, as well as having produced music for Channel 4's Diverse Productions.

Taryn

Taryn Fielder (aka Middleman) is an MC and poet from Bristol.

Taryn has been peer mentoring since age sixteen and currently works for Real Sound as an MC tutor teaching lyric writing, mic techniques and performance skills.

A talented wordsmith, Taryn has been writing lyrics since age fifteen and regularly performs under the guise of Middleman in clubs and festivals across the city.

Luke

Luke Turner (aka Lukas, The Runners, Chew Magna) is a Bristol-based music producer and DJ.

Luke has worked as a DJ and music tutor extensively over the last 2 Years, working regularly with Drake music and Real Sound. Luke teaches DJ skills across vinyl and digital formats and music production skills in Logic Pro and Ableton Live.

Luke has released and remixed tracks for the likes of Futureboogie Records, Dirt Crew Recordings and Back and Forth. As a successful DJ and live act, Luke plays out regularly at the likes of Glastonbury Festival, The Big Chill, and Berlin’s legendary Bar 25.

Billy

Billy Salisbury is a professional singer songwriter performing under the name The Undercover Hippy.

Working with young people since 2001, Billy runs workshops in MC skills, beatboxing, guitar, songwriting, music production, as well as teaching multimedia and video skills. Alongside working with the Basement Studio and The Kingswood Foundation, he also delivers popular loop station workshops for Real Sound.

He and his band perform regularly at festivals including Glastonbury, Secret Garden Party and Shambala.

Stuart

As a skilled DJ and music production tutor with a level 2 in youth work, Stuart works regularly for Real Sound and offers a unique insight into the industry.

He has played alongside some of the genre’s biggest names including Fabio and Grooverider, Shy FX and DJ Hype and hosts a regular underground radio show.

Algy

Algy Behrens is a songwriter, percussionist and guitarist who blends styles from his travels.

Algy plays regularly in both his own band and alongside a Colombian-Cuban group called Aji Pa Ti. Algy tutors for youth work projects across Bristol, running drum circles and guitar tuition for Real Sound.

He studied Flamenco with the Habichuelas in Spain and has travelled to West Africa with Tamalatilo, an acoustic group playing traditional Afromanding style from Gambia and Senegal.

Joe

Joe Gaywood is an experienced drummer and percussionist.

An experienced music tutor, Jo has implemented percussion workshops in after-school clubs and primary schools alongside working as a music tutor and youth worker at Basement Studio, Youngerground Radio Project, Urban Academy and Youth4Youth.

Joe performs regularly with a number of artists around the UK including Undercover Hippy, Cazal and Lottie Matthews. Joe is currently study Professional Musicianship with the Bristol Institute for Modern Music and has qualifications in music technology, music performance and youth work.